Good Ol' Days'

When I turned eighteen, my parents gave me a cute Guinea Pig as my birthday gift!

We already had a female dog with us, whom my parents bought for themselves, but now I am the one to take care of her. Her name is Lexi.

Anyway, I promised to take great care of it, give it tons of carrots and capsicum, play with it, bathe it, clean it, and it's... Just leave that part okay, the intelligent ones' would have understood. Etc, etc, etc. I named my Guinea Pig "Guienu!!!" I know- I know, very nice and cute name. But what name do you expect me to name such a cute creature? Well... I was squealing when I named it. And all my friends' started to either smirk or laugh.

After the party, I took Guienu to my room, where it saw my Lexi and jumped from my shoulder and ran towards her. They started to play and I started to record their video, thinking of how quick my Guienu befriended Lexi who was in need of a friend to remain with and play with her the whole time. After recording, and making sure that both of them were asleep, I went to bed, as my board exams were coming and I had to wake up early to prepare myself.

I was awoken the next day at 3 A.M. by Lexi (Yes, I checked time after waking) shaking me vigorously and Guienu jumping and squealing on my chest. "Five minutes more!" I moaned. And, as if they could understand, Guienu started licking my ear, and Lexi barked in my other ear. That made me wake up. I snapped awake and glared at them. This made them grin. I sighed, and that made them grin wider! 'Huh, this is not going to be good for my health' I thought.

I freshened up and went to the kitchen in search of food. I grabbed some leftover momos and momo chutney! I even got capsicum for Guineu and meat for Lexi. I went to my room, gave the capsicum to Guienu, which he chewed happily, then I gave Lexi some meat which she tore into. "Calm down girl," I said to her, then patted both, and then I started my studies.

I took out physics and started to study. I must have slept in between since the next thing I knew was that my mother was shaking me up saying I was gonna be late. I got up, put on my school uniform hurriedly (which is to say not in a neat way), left my hair to be messy, and left for school. I caught my school- bus just seconds before it was going to leave.

As I entered my class, my usual personal school bully Stacy came to bully me. "So, how was your birthday party? I heard that you were squealing like a girl when your parents gave you your birthday... gift? It must be something girly like you" she said pointing a finger towards me with disgust. I just rolled my eyes and went to my seat. I didn't even know what I did to offend her, but anyway... moving on. Maybe that much wasn't enough for her so she came to talk rubbish at my seat. "JUST STOP IT!" I yelled. She shut up, then raised her hand to slap me "how dare you, yell at me!" She asked, her voice cold, well... it was more of a statement. As soon as she raised her hand to slap me, her younger brother came to my rescue just at the time! Yes, younger, you see, she has failed in two grades because of her bunking and... things!

"CAN YOU PLEASE STOP BULLYING HIM?" Donald yelled at his sister. She opened her mouth to reply, but at that exact moment, our teacher came. 'Couldn't you be any quick?' I spoke to myself in my mind. Donald sat beside me, and everyone returned to their allotted seats. We wished the teacher and sat. "Why don't you stand for yourself?" Donald whispered to me. "Probably because she is a girl, and... I have gynophobia, and it took a lot of courage to ignore her, and... it took a billion times more courage to yell at her." The teacher called our names for attendance and we replied with a dab! Stacy looked at us and rolled her eyes, while the others smirked. We were quite famous for our friendship!

After school, I and Donald planned to go to my home for group study. As we reached there, both my pets jumped on us and Guineu started to make a nest for himself on Donald's hair. "Which breed of pet is it?" Donald asked laughing. "Donald meet 'Guineu,' my birthday- gift- pet- Guinea- pig." "...Nice name," He replied. "I know that the names which I give are nice. Anytime you wanna name someone or something, consult me." At this, we both burst out laughing leaving our pets with confusion. Then my mother came to the main door and welcomed Donald and me in. We had some enchiladas, studied for hours, played with our pets. Then Donald went home.

This routine went on for a month... AND THEN; CAME THE DAYS OF TORTURE... I mean "THE B- O- A- R- D, EXAMS..."

[{Start of an imaginary snowstorm on the peak of a mountain and three creatures: one human, a dog, and another tiny creature on the human's shoulder. All dressed in samurai uniform} "Days passed and then weeks, weeks passed and then months. Months passed and then my semester!"] {End of the imaginary snowstorm on the peak of a mountain} I had finally survived my board exams and had a good result!!! {The dog was Lexi, the tiny creature on the human's shoulder was Guienu! And... The human was the narrator.}

It was a tough time though. It was as if someone had bribed the invigilators to especially disqualify Donald and me. And no, I am not kidding, most of the time, the judges were looking at us at constant intervals of two seconds. Probably to see if we were cheating or not. And due to the briber's lack of information, he or she failed to fail us. And when I say lack of information, I mean lack of information about the fact that Donald and I never cheat. But when we were returning from the examination hall on the last day, we saw something that was framed in my mind.

Stacy was yelling at the third topper of our class. We went to eavesdrop Their conversation went something like this: {Bold is Stacy and normal is the third topper.}

"-if you try to hurt them again, in any way's, I swear it, I am gonna kill you."

"But I thought that you disliked them."

"I do not dislike them, after all, they are my lil bro and his Best friend."

"What about the bullying part?"

"Oh... ya' know I get bored, so I do it... just-for-fun."

"Okay... can I go now?"

"No, I have to scold you more."

"Can someone explain it to us?" asked my good impatient Donald. "Um... did you hear everything?" Asked the third topper "No" I replied. "From where did you hear?" asked the third topper "'If you try to hurt them again.' and I want to hear the story from Stacy," I replied. Both the girls looked shocked by my answer, probably the 'hear from Stacy's part.'

"Well..." Stacy started "I just caught her talking to your invigilators about failing you both intentionally, so I recorded a video... of them talking to save you both and blackmail them if needed." I looked at our third topper with anger in my eyes, and she cowered. "Give me the video," I said, my voice laced with anger. "Dude calm- down!" Donald said trying to stop me. "No, please" pleaded the third toper. Stacy had confusion written on her face. I was not known for being an angry person. "It's- not fun to play with someone's future," I stated, anger still lacing my voice. "That's the thing man, it's not fun to play with someone's future. Now our future is saved so leave her future safe as well." Donald again tried to calm me. "Calm down please!" said Stacy her voice pleading as well. Then I looked at our third topper. Her look was pleading and her eyes brimmed with tears. I sighed and calmed.

After that life was mostly fine. Just some ups and downs. And now here we are, our third topper, Stacy, Donald, and me working under one roof, and Donald and me being the partner bosses.